I love to share activities, resources, classroom management, behavior management and, sensory ideas for autism and special education teachers and classrooms.
I love to share activities, resources, classroom management, behavior management and, sensory ideas for autism and special education teachers and classrooms.
The word to picture matching activities are a fantastic resource for the autism classroom, especially with non-verbal students although can also be used within Spec Ed or General Ed Classrooms to promote reading.
It will allow you to be able to monitor if your students are able to recognise and understand different words and link them to the appropriate picture. Many students may learn to just read words but not understanding the meaning behind them, this will help to promote that.
3 different activities boards in total.
The first page in the PDF is the instructions page to help you use these to their best potential.
All vocabulary and images linked to the UK celebration of Guy Fawkes/Bonfire Night on 5th November.
Comes in colour/color or black and white option.
This includes 32 different task cards.
16 of which come in color/colour or black and white option, the remainder come only in color/colour.
There are instructions on the first page of the PDF.
Students just color/colour or place a counter/peg on the answer of the initial sound of the picture shown in the task card.
All images linked to Halloween theme.
This Diwali themed write the room activity is a great way to have students moving around the room, hunting for the different cards, reading them and then writing down the answers onto recording sheets.
The recording sheets contain numbers 1-10 for students to record and come in two different options; with or without handwriting lines.
Each image is linked to the theme of Diwali and all images can be seen in the preview of this resource. This will be an excellent addition to your Diwali topic and expand your students knowledge while allowing them to move around.
You can hide these flashcards anywhere you want to get the students active and moving about. Some example are:
♦ Around the classroom
♦ Outdoor play area
♦ In a tough tray
♦ In a sensory tub
etc.
This is a great way to keep students motivated and engaged while working on their vocabulary and spelling skills.
This space themed wh- question resource contains 6 different space themed scenery images accompanied with two different types of recording sheets/questions.
Each scenery image comes with:
♦ non-verbal question/recording cards
♦ verbal question/recording cards
to suit individual student needs. The question/recording cards also come with space to record two different dates to track student progress.
The wh- questions are; who, what, where.
10 questions included for each scene = 60 questions in total.
A great way to improve student understanding, attention to detail and question/answering techniques.
This resources comes in col option only - no b/w option.
This Halloween themed wh- question adapted book is a great way for students to work on their wh- questions in an adapted and suitable way. Students read the short sentence at the top of the page and find the appropriate and matching symbol to answer the comprehension question.
Comes in col and b/w option for your preference.
This is great for a Spec Ed or Autism Classroom / working with Spec Ed or students with Autism. It’s a great way to encourage students to pay close attention to deal, become more familiar with sentence structure and symbols.
The vocabulary is suitable for American or British classrooms. (Color, Colour etc.)
All images/vocabulary is linked to the theme of Halloween.
These parrot themed adapted books are a great way for students to work on their colour recognition / color recognition skills. These adapted books are also a great way for students to work on their vocabulary, language, recognition and sentence building skills.
There are 4 different level sentence building books included and all vocabulary/images are of different color dogs.
The levels included are;
♦ Level 1 - One box/symbol for students to fill in - “red” “yellow” “green” etc.
♦ Level 2 - Two boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “red parrot” “yellow parrot” etc
♦ Level 3 - Three boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “parrot is red” “parrot is yellow” etc.
♦ Level 4 - Four boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “the parrot is red” “the parrot is yellow” etc.
The vocabulary is suitable for American or British classrooms. (Color, Colour etc.)
These books are great to help students build up and work on their sentences. It encourages students to select the correct words(symbols) to match the picture they are looking at as well as being able to place them in the correct order to build an appropriate sentence.
Instructions
• Print out the level books that you want to use
• Levels 1 + 2 - cut the pages into half, laminate them, then put together as a book.
• Levels 3 + 4 - laminate the pages, then put together as a book.
• Cut out the symbols individually, then laminate.
• Put velcro onto the back of each of the symbols and onto the symbol boxes.
• The blank board on the last page of each pack is your symbol base board. Laminate this and add velcro. This is where students will store their symbols.
These fish themed adapted books are a great way for students to work on their colour recognition / color recognition skills. These adapted books are also a great way for students to work on their vocabulary, language, recognition and sentence building skills.
There are 4 different level sentence building books included and all vocabulary/images are of different color dogs.
The levels included are;
♦ Level 1 - One box/symbol for students to fill in - “red” “yellow” “green” etc.
♦ Level 2 - Two boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “red fish” “yellow fish” etc
♦ Level 3 - Three boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “fish is red” “fish is yellow” etc.
♦ Level 4 - Four boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “the fish is red” “the fish is yellow” etc.
The vocabulary is suitable for American or British classrooms. (Color, Colour etc.)
These books are great to help students build up and work on their sentences. It encourages students to select the correct words(symbols) to match the picture they are looking at as well as being able to place them in the correct order to build an appropriate sentence.
Instructions
• Print out the level books that you want to use
• Levels 1 + 2 - cut the pages into half, laminate them, then put together as a book.
• Levels 3 + 4 - laminate the pages, then put together as a book.
• Cut out the symbols individually, then laminate.
• Put velcro onto the back of each of the symbols and onto the symbol boxes.
• The blank board on the last page of each pack is your symbol base board. Laminate this and add velcro. This is where students will store their symbols.
This adapted book is a great way for students to work on their sequencing skills but also to give them the knowledge and understanding of how to mail a letter - a very important life skill which can be hard for many of our students to master. This adapted book goes through each of the steps required to mail a letter, and help to promote independence during this routine.
Students have to read - or be read - the sentence on top of the page and then find the matching symbol that matches the sentence. This a great way to start having your students understand what they are reading/listening to and taking in the information. Students can then process this information and find the relevant symbol that fits with what is happening in the current situation.
Comes in col and b/w option for your preference.
This is great for a Spec Ed or Autism Classroom / working with Spec Ed or students with Autism. It’s a great way to encourage students to pay close attention to deal, become more familiar with sentence structure and symbols.
This shark themed activity contains 12 different task cards where students have to match the shape that the shark is to the 2D shape underneath out of 2 choices.
This resource comes in both col and b/w option for your preference and comes at 2 task cards per page.
There are instructions included on the front page of the document. I recommend cutting them out individually and then laminating them, this will make them stronger and longer lasting - meaning you can use them over and over again.
This is a great addition to your shark week unit, as well as being a different way for students to work on their 2D shape skills.
2d shapes included are;
• circle
• square
• triangle
• trapezoid
• oval
• pentagon
• hexagon
• octagon
• rectangle
• diamond
• star
• heart
This weather themed activity is a great way for your students to work on their math, number, counting, fine motor and problem solving skills. As well as all these skills, this activity will provide your students with the opportunity to look at different types of weather and use this as a talking point.
The puzzles come in 3 different difficulty levels;
• Level 1 - 0-3
• Level 2 - 0-5
• Level 3 - 0-10
There is a range of ways that these can be used in your classroom such as;
• Print out the b/w puzzles, cut them up and hand them out to your students. Have your students put the puzzles together, sticking them onto a piece of paper/into their work book, then colour them in.
• Print out the puzzles, cut them up and laminate them. Use them as a center activity where your students have to look at the numbers on the bottom of each puzzle piece, put them into numerical order to make the puzzle.
• Print out two copies of each puzzle (one copy can be b/w), laminate one as a full puzzle (i recommend the b/w one) and then cut out the puzzle pieces on the other puzzle. Laminate the puzzle pieces. Have your students match the individual pieces onto the completed puzzle. This provides a lower ability option for students struggling.
Instructions are also included on first pages of each PDF document. I would highly recommend laminating each of the individual task cards so that they will be stronger, therefore longer lasting.
This is a great way to keep students motivated and engaged while working on their ten frame counting skills. Comes in both b/w and col option for your printing preference.
This reading comprehension pack is the perfect addition to your President’s Day activities. With 43 different reading comprehension passages and question activities included, your students will love learning about the different presidents.
Each activity comes with 2 worksheets; one reading passages worksheet and one matching questions worksheet. Students need to read the reading passage and then answer the questions on the question worksheet. This is a great way for your students to learn more about the individual president’s in an engaging and fun way.
All of the comprehension worksheets are related to American Presidents to give a twist on the usual comprehension activities. Comes in black and white for ink friendly printing.
The images are eye catching and appropriate for young students who will find them engaging.
Presidents included are:
♦ Abraham Lincoln
♦ Andrew Jackson
♦ Andrew Johnson
♦ Barack Obama
♦ Benjamin Harrison
♦ Bill Clinton
♦ Calvin Coolidge
♦ Chester A. Arthur
♦ Dwight D. Eisenhower
♦ Franklin Pierce
♦ Franklin D. Roosevelt
♦ George Bush Jr.
♦ George Bush Sr.
♦ George Washington
♦ Gerald Ford
♦ Grover Cleveland
♦ Harry Truman
♦ Herbert Hoover
♦ James Buchanan
♦ James A. Garfield
♦ James K. Polk
♦ James Madison
♦ James Monroe
♦ Jimmy Carter
♦ John Adams
♦ John F. Kennedy
♦ John Quincy Adams
♦ John Tyler
♦ Lyndon B. Johnson
♦ Martin Van Buren
♦ Millard Fillmore
♦ Richard M. Nixon
♦ Ronald Reagan
♦ Rutherford B. Hayes
♦ Theodore Roosevelt
♦ Thomas Jefferson
♦ Ulysses S Grant
♦ Warren G. Harding
♦ William Taft
♦ William Henry Harrison
♦ William McKinley
♦ Woodrow Wilson
♦ Zachary Taylor
This 3 Little Pigs write the room activity is a great way to have students moving around the room, hunting for the different cards, reading them and then writing down the answers onto recording sheets.
The recording sheets come in numbers 1-10 as well as in 2 different ability levels - plain boxes to write the answers in or boxes with handwriting lines for students to write in.
Each image is linked to the theme of 3 Little Pigs and all images can be seen in the preview of this resource. This will be an excellent addition to your 3 Little Pigs topic and expand your students knowledge while allowing them to move around.
You can hide these flashcards anywhere you want to get the students active and moving about. Some example are:
♦ Around the classroom
♦ Outdoor play area
♦ In a tough tray
♦ In a sensory tub
etc.
This is a great way to keep students motivated and engaged while working on their vocabulary and spelling skills.
This resource comes in col and b/w option for your preference.
Are you looking for a fun and hands-on activity to add to your preschool construction theme? Or are you looking for an engaging work task box to add to your math centers? If so, this color matching construction vehicle task box is the perfect addition to your classroom!
Your students will love sorting the construction vehicles into the following colors;
-Red
-Blue
-Yellow
Students need to identify what color the construction vehicle is and then match this to the task card containing the same color splat.
Your students will love working on their color recognition skills with these hands-on color matching task cards. I recommend laminating each of the individual task cards so that they will be stronger, longer lasting and reusable in the future.
Instructions
-Print the task cards.
-Cut out and laminate each of the individual task cards.
-Lay the task cards out in your math centers and watch your students work on their color recognition skills.
These task cards fit perfectly into photo storage boxes - making it easy for you to stay organised and keep all the pieces together.
Are your students struggling to recognize numbers displayed in different ways? Or are they struggling to understand the relationship between numbers and quantities? If so, this fun and hands-on popcorn activity is going to be the perfect addition to your math centers.
Your students will love working with this fun popcorn game - and it can be used in two different ways in your math centers!
Students match the different pieces of popcorn that display numbers (0-10) in different variations to the same popcorn box.
Students count the popcorn (use real one for best results - or cotton wool balls) and put these into the popcorn boxes. Counting the numbers as they place them down and being able to connect numbers and quantities.
This math activity is a great way for you to get your students working on their number recognition and counting skills in a hands-on and engaging way.
Each popcorn box contains a number and number name.
What’s Included?
-Numbers displayed in different variations 0-10.
-Popcorn buckets with number and number name 0-20.
The variations for numbers included are;
-Number Block
-Fingers/Hands
-Tally Marks
-Dice
Instructions
-Print out the popcorn buckets and popcorn pieces.
-Cut out and laminate each of the pieces.
-Students can use real popcorn - or cotton wool balls - to count them out and put them into the correct popcorn bucket.
-Or, students can match the popcorn pieces with the different number variations on and match these into the correct popcorn buckets (0-10).
These task cards fit perfectly into photo storage boxes - making it easy for you to stay organised and keep all the pieces together.
Are you looking to transform your classroom into a confetti theme? If so, this confetti classroom decor bundle has almost everything you need! However if you think something extra should be included, please feel free to contact me.
Most parts of this resource are editable, however there are a few that are not. If the part isn’t editable, it will state so below in the list of what is included.
Editable parts of this resource come in Keynote and PowerPoint formats. Non-editable parts come as PDF files.
For a more in-depth look at what the pages included look like, please click the preview option underneath the cover image of this resource to scroll through and get more a clear idea of what is included.
This classroom decor pack includes the following:
♦ 2D Shapes
♦ 3D Shapes
♦ Alphabet Posters non-editable PDF
♦ Binder Covers and Spines
♦ Birthdays Posters
♦ Book Marks
♦ Calendar Squares
♦ Circle Labels
bags, clipboards, pencils, crayons, erasers, glue, glue sticks, lined paper, markers, note books, paintbrushes, paperclips, pens, pins, rulers, scissors, sharpeners, staplers, tape, pencils
♦ Class Jobs
caboose, calendar helper, cleaner, door monitor, librarian, line leader, lunch monitor, messenger, pencil monitor, table wiper, teachers assistant, technician, attendance monitor, bathroom monitor, board cleaner, chair stacker, litter monitor, paper monitor, plant monitor, pledge leader, recycling monitor, substitute, sweeper, weather reporter, computer helper, first aid helper, sanitizer monitor, homework monitor, journal helper, vest helper, mat helper, messages helper, pet helper, bell ringer, sink helper, snack helper.
♦ Color / Colour Posters
♦ Days of the Week
♦ Folder Labels
♦ Groups and Leaders
♦ Hall Passes
girls bathroom pass, boys bathroom pass, nurses pass, hall pass.
♦ Long Labels
bags, clipboards, pencils, crayons, erasers, glue, glue sticks, lined paper, markers, note books, paintbrushes, paperclips, pens, pins, rulers, scissors, sharpeners, staplers, tape, pencils
♦ Lower Case Bunting non-editable PDF
♦ Monthly Calendar - July 2019 to August 2020 and blanks.
♦ Months of the Year
♦ Name Plates
Comes with alphabet - including highlighted vowels, left/right reminders and number line to 20. Also comes with handwriting lines - students can either handwrite their names onto the name tags or you can add them on ready to print.
Are you looking for hands-on and engaging work task boxes for your autism and special education students? Do you want your students to love working on their counting, color recognition and fine motor skills? Or are you looking for a sensory and hands-on activity to add to your math centers? If you say yes to any of those questions - this birthday math activity is the perfect addition to your task boxes.
Your students will love working on their number, instruction, counting and fine motor skills with this hands-on and engaging task box activity.
What’s Included?
-Task cards with instructions from 0-20.
-Task cards with instructions for color candles.
How to Use
-Students read - or be read - the instruction on the task card.
-Students make a cake out of play dough in a cake case - or if you’re feeling brave - use real cupcakes!
-Then, students use candles (we use real ones) and place them into the cake (fake or real) to match the instruction on the card. This could be by counting to a certain number or by color matching.
Instructions
-Print out the included task cards.
-Laminate the task cards.
-Provide your students with a cupcake (fake or real) and candles (fake or real).
Your students will love working with this fun birthday math activity to work on their counting, number recognition, instruction and fine motor skills. This is also a great way for your students to work on understanding the connection between number and quantity as well as their color recognition skills.
These task cards fit perfectly into photo storage boxes - making it easy for you to stay organised and keep all the pieces together.
Do your students struggle to answer wh questions? Are you looking for hands-on activities for your students to work on their wh questions and sentence building skills? If so, this camping themed wh question adapted book is perfect to use in your special education classroom or speech therapy sessions.
Students read - or be read - the short sentence at the top of the page and find the appropriate and matching symbol to answer the wh- question.
Adapted books are a great way for students to work on a range of skills in an adapted, engaging and hands-on way.
The vocabulary is suitable for American or British classrooms. (Color, Colour etc.)
All images/vocabulary is linked to the theme of camping.
Are you looking to transform your classroom into a camping theme? If so, this camping classroom decor bundle has almost everything you need! However if you think something extra should be included, please feel free to contact me.
Most parts of this resource are editable, however there are a few that are not. If the part isn’t editable, it will state so below in the list of what is included.
Editable parts of this resource come in Keynote and PowerPoint formats. Non-editable parts come as PDF files.
For a more in-depth look at what the pages included look like, please click the preview option underneath the cover image of this resource to scroll through and get more a clear idea of what is included.
Do your students love working with play dough? Are they struggling with patterns? Then these caterpillar task cards are the perfect addition to your math and pattern activities. These are also great for learners who benefit from sensory learning activities.
Your students will love working on their pattern, counting and fine motor skills with these caterpillar task cards. The task cards encourage students to use play dough - or other manipulatives - to build the caterpillar and follow patterns.
What’s Included?
-Task cards from 0-10 where students need to form balls out of play dough and use them to fill in the blank circles on the caterpillar. This is great for working on counting skills and connecting number to quantity.
-Two color pattern task cards - red and yellow
-Two color pattern task cards - blue and yellow
-Three color pattern task cards - blue, red and yellow
-Follow on the pattern two color - red and yellow
-Follow on the pattern two color - blue and yellow
-Follow on the pattern three color - blue, red and yellow
Instructions
-Print out the included task cards. You can print all out or just the levels you’ll be using.
-Cut out and laminate each of the individual task cards.
-Provide your students with red, blue and yellow play dough.
How to Use
-Students will use play dough to form balls and put them onto the caterpillar’s body pieces.
-For the first task cards, students will count the balls and place them onto the caterpillar’s body - to match the number on the task card.
-For the two and three color pattern task cards, students need to form balls/circles out of the play dough in the same colors shown on the task cards - and match these together.
-For the following on task crds - students need to form balls/circles out of the play dough in the same colors shown on the task cards and carry on the patterns.
Your students will love working with this fun caterpillar activity to work on their counting, number recognition, pattern and fine motor skills.
These task cards fit perfectly into photo storage boxes - making it easy for you to stay organised and keep all the pieces together.
Are your students struggling with their counting and fine motor skills? If so, this caterpillar math activity is going to be the perfect addition to your math centers or individual work tasks.
Your students will love working on their number, instruction, counting and fine motor skills with this hands-on and engaging task box activity.
What’s Included?
-Task cards with instructions from 0-10.
-Leaves
How to Use
-Students read - or be read - the instruction on the task card.
-Then, students use a hole punch to punch that amount of holes into the leaf - that the caterpillar has eaten.
-Next, students use a pipe clear or piece of string to thread through the holes, counting them as they go along.
Instructions
-Print out the included task cards and leaves.
-Laminate the task cards.
-Provide your students with a hole punch and pipe cleaner - follow the instructions above under ‘How to Use’ to find out how students complete this activity.
Your students will love working with this fun caterpillar activity to work on their counting, number recognition, instruction and fine motor skills.
These task cards fit perfectly into photo storage boxes - making it easy for you to stay organised and keep all the pieces together.